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. 2021 Mar 15;11:620644. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.620644

Table 2.

Morbidity and short-term outcomes after surgery.

Variable Overall Non screen detected Screen detected p-value°
N % N % N %
Patients with any complication 369 27.1 263 29.4 106 22.8 0.01
Complications according to Clavien-Dindo Classification 0 290 44.0 169 39.1 121 53.3 0.0005
1–2 308 46.7 220 50.9 88 38.8 0.0029
3–5 61 9.3 43 10.0 18 7.9 0.02
Complication type Patients with at least 1 surgical complication 250 18.4 185 20.6 65 14.0 0.0027
Patients with at least 1 medical complication 121 8.9 82 9.2 39 8.4 0.65
Surgical complications Anastomotic leak/dehiscence 77 5.7 49 5.5 28 6.0 0.67
Prolonged ileus/Small Bowel Obstruction 25 1.8 19 2.1 6 1.3 0.28
Surgical site infection 63 4.6 43 4.8 20 4.3 0.68
Bleeding 111 8.2 93 10.4 18 3.9 <0.0001
Other 4 0.3 3 0.3 1 0.2 0.70
Medical complications Renal/urinary 13 1.0 9 1.0 4 0.9 0.80
Respiratory 17 1.3 11 1.2 6 1.3 0.92
Cardiovascular 7 0.5 6 0.7 1 0.2 0.27
Cerebrovascular 7 0.5 7 0.8 0 0.0 0.056
Other 91 6.7 63 7.0 28 6.0 0.49
Lenght of hospital stay in days (median) 9 10 9 <0.0001*
In-hospital mortality 3 0.2 3 0.3 0 0.0 <0.0001
30 days mortality 3 0.2 2 0.2 1 0.2 0.97

°χ2 test was used.

*Mann-Whitney test.